Improvement in detachable shields for the pot-holes of cooking-stoves



A. BRITTON Detachable Shield for the Pot Holes of Cooking Stoves.

N0.123,975. V Patented Feb-27,1872.

WITNESSES. v INVEN TOR. %wm%m Mam,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABE BRITTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HIS RIGHT TO JOHN H. PETERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

lMPROVEMENT IN DETACHABLE SHIELDS FOR THE POT-HOLES 0F COOKING-STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,975, dated February 27, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABE BRITTON, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Device for a Shield for a Step- Stove; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, and is a perspective view of the shield when in use.

Letters A and O are pieces of sheet-iron or other metal, secured to each other by means of the hinge B B. D D are openings, forming a hole by which to hang the device up when closed. E E are openings, made to suit the pot-holes of the stove, which openings are closed, when the pot-hole covers are on, by means of plates F F. Letter A is prevented from falling forward when in use by the con- The arrangement of the sheets A and O, with their openings D D and E E, with the hinge B B and plates F F, as constructed and arranged, for the purpose described.

ABE BRITTON, 911 Marlborough street, Philadelphia.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM GRAHAM, R0131. M. TAYLOR. 

